Double murder of Chinese students

A double murder inquiry has been launched in Newcastle-upon-Tyne after the bodies of two Chinese students were found in a flat. The head injuries the students had received were so severe that police have not yet been able to work out what the weapon was.

The victims have not yet been named, but police said a man was found lying on a bed in the flat's back bedroom, and a woman in the front bedroom. The two are thought to have been students, and efforts are being made to trace their families.

A local Chinese student, Shao Peng Wu, told a Guardian reporter that he had been attacked by gangs of youths in the past and was thinking of moving away from the area. He said: "Sometimes local children attack us. I don't know whether it is because we come from another country."